From the Spectrum Center in Charlotte North Carolina on Wednesday, the Oklahoma Sooners will take on the North Carolina Tar Heels. Both teams come into the game ranked in the Top 11 in the country. North Carolina is 7-3 on the season, and ranked 9th in the latest poll. The Tar Heels are coming into the game coming off back to back losses. North Carolina lost to Kentucky on Saturday.
For Oklahoma, they are 10-0 on the season. The Sooners are coming off a blowout win at home over Green Bay on Saturday. Oklahoma is 7th in the latest Associated Press poll. The Tar Heels are listed as favorites over the Sooners. North Carolina is -2 The total for this game is set at 154.5.
Moser’s Sooners Looking to Remain Unbeaten
The Oklahoma Sooners, led by head coach Porter Moser will look to stay hot with their toughest test of the season. The win over Green Bay saw Rivaldo Soares lead the way with 13 points. Oklahoma’s best wins this season came by 12 over Iowa, and by two over the USC Trojans. The Sooners also beat Providence and Arkansas.
The top scorer for Oklahoma so far in 2023 has been Otega Oweh. The guard is playing just over 25 minutes a night and scoring 14.9 points per game. Milos Uzan is scoring 8.4 points per game, but leading the team with more than 4 assists per game. The Sooners as a team are scoring 84.4 points per game, but the defense is allowing just 61.3.
Oklahoma will obviously face a tough Big 12 schedule. It will be the final season for the Sooners in the Big 12. They start their conference season on January 6th at home against Iowa State. Before that, the Sooners will host Central Arkansas and Monmouth at home before New Years Day.
Tar Heels HouseHold Name
The Tar Heels started the season with four straight wins. All four of them were blowouts, and then they were downed in their first test against Villanova. After wins over Arkansas, Tennessee and Florida State, the Tar Heels fell by 11 to UConn and Kentucky.
R.J. Davis is leading the Tar Heels in scoring, with more than 21 per game. Big man Armando Bacot continues to have a solid college career. He is scoring 15.2 points per game, and is the top rebounder on a team that is averaging 38.2 per game. The Tar Heels are 28th in scoring with 84.9 per game.
North Carolina will look to stay unbeaten in conference play after New Year. They play three straight games on the road. They will be at Pittsburgh, Clemson and North Carolina State. Those three games have a combined record of 24-7. Before that though, the Tar Heels host Charleston Southern on December 29th.
Charlotte Full of Tar Heels
This game is in Charlotte, which will certainly give the Tar Heels momentum to play in front of their fans. Look for the Tar Heels to get back on track. North Carolina will have to play defense, because they are not going to be able to score more than 87 points. That is what the Tar Heels allowed in their last two games.
Look for the game to stay in the 70’s, and the Tar Heels come away with a win. Our final score prediction is the Tar Heels 75-71 over the Sooners. The final bet for this game on Wednesday is North Carolina -2, and the UNDER 154.5!
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